Islands by Peggy Frew
$19.99 AUD
Category: Australian Fiction
There was a house on a hill in the city and it was full of us, our family, but then it began to empty. We fell out. We made a mess. We draped ourselves in blame and disappointment and lurched around, bumping into each other. Some of us wailed and shouted; some of us barely made a sound. None of us was l ...Show more
Islands by Peggy Frew
$29.99 AUD
Category: Australian Fiction | Reading Level: 1 Fiction
A stunning literary novel from the author of the Stella Prize shortlisted Hope Farm. There was a house on a hill in the city and it was full of us, our family, but then it began to empty. We fell out. We made a mess. We draped ourselves in blame and disappointment and lurched around, bumping into each o ...Show more
It's Been a Pleasure, Noni Blake by Claire Christian
$32.99 AUD
Category: Australian Fiction
A quirky, feel-good romantic comedy about creating the life you want. Noni didn't expect to be starting over again at the age of thirty-six. But eighteen months after the end of her long-term relationship, she knows it's time to find out what's next. While an encounter with a sexy blonde firefighter is ...Show more
It's Raining in Mango: Popular Penguins by Thea Astley
$12.99 AUD
Category: Australian Fiction | Series: Popular Penguins Ser.
One family traced from the 1860s to the 1980s, beginning with Cornelius Laffey, an Irish-born journalist. Wresting his kin from the easy living of nineteenth-century Sydney, he takes them to northern Queensland where thousands of hopefuls are digging for gold in the mud. The family confronts the horror ...Show more
Jesustown by Paul Daley
$32.99 AUD
Category: Australian Fiction
'This is a story-a great story-with all the tragedy and lies that is colonial Australia. Our circle of tragedy.' Thomas Mayor, author of Finding the Heart of the Nation'Poignant and powerful; the best book I've read this year.' Chris Hammer, author of Scrublands 'A challenging statement about the mythol ...Show more
Joan Makes History by Kate Grenville
$19.95 AUD
Category: Australian Fiction | Series: UQP Modern Classics Ser.
This is Australia's past as you won't read it in any history book. Joan pops up in all over famous moments and gives her irreverent female version of them. She remakes history in her own image and asks: who gets written into history, who gets written out, and why?
Joe Cinque's Consolation by Helen Garner
$24.99 AUD
Category: Australian Fiction
In October 1997, a clever young law student at ANU made a bizarre plan to murder her devoted boyfriend after a dinner party at their house. Some of the dinner guests - most of them university students - had heard rumours of the plan. Nobody warned Joe Cinque. He died one Sunday, in his own bed, of a mas ...Show more
Joe Cinque's Consolation by Helen Garner
$24.95 AUD
Category: Australian Fiction
In October 1997, a clever young law student at ANU made a bizarre plan to murder her devoted boyfriend after a dinner party at their house. Some of the dinner guests - most of them university students - had heard rumours of the plan. Nobody warned Joe Cinque. He died one Sunday, in his own bed, of a mas ...Show more
Johnno by David Malouf
$22.99 AUD
Category: Australian Fiction | Series: Modern Classics Ser.
Johnno is a typical Australian who refuses to be typical. Seen through the eyes of the narrator, he is a figure of legendary proportions. His disorderly presence can disturb the staleness of gothic Brisbane, or destroy the tranquillity of a Greek landscape. But what is the truth about Johnno? Semi-auto ...Show more
Josephine's Garden by Stephanie Parkyn
$19.99 AUD
Category: Australian Fiction
France, 1794. In the aftermath of the bloody end to the French Revolution, Rose de Beauharnais stumbles from prison on the day she is to be guillotined. Within a decade, she'll transform into the scandalous socialite who marries Napoleon Bonaparte, becomes Empress Josephine of France and builds a garden ...Show more
Josephine's Garden by Stephanie Parkyn
$29.99 AUD
Category: Australian Fiction | Reading Level: very good
A captivating story of love, nature and identity in Napoleon's France. France, 1794. In the aftermath of the bloody end to the French Revolution, Rose de Beauharnais stumbles from prison on the day she is to be guillotined. Within a decade, she'll transform into the scandalous socialite who marries Napo ...Show more